RESA II

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RESA II

• National Board Project

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National Board Certification
RESA II RESA I RESA 6
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Key Questions

• What is NBPTS?
• Why is the process important?
• How rigorous is the process?
• What can the Candidate Support
• program do for you?

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What is NBPTS?

• An independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan
• organization
• Governed by Board of Directors the majority of
  whom are classroom teachers
• the most important action this country can
  take to improve schools and student learning is
  to strengthen teaching.

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NBPTS Mission

• To advance the quality of teaching and
  learning by
• Maintaining high and rigorous standards for what
  accomplished teachers should know and be able to
  do
• Providing a national, voluntary system of
  certifying teachers who meet these standards
• Advocating related educational reforms to
  integrate NBC in American education and to
  capitalize on the expertise of NBCTs

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NBPTS History

• 1983 A Nation At Risk
• economic and social consequences of an
  educational system failing to keep pace with a
  changing American and global society.
• Carnegie task force A Nation Prepared
• Urged the teaching profession to set high
  standards
• Called for formation of NBPTS

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• NBPTS was founded to improve the
• quality of classroom instruction . . .
• thereby - improving student
• learning . . .
• by -
• Setting high standards
• Developing performance based
• assessments
• Professionally certifying teachers

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5 Core Propositions
1. Teachers are committed to students and their
learning. 2. Teachers know the subjects they
teach and how to teach those subjects to their
students. 3. Teachers are responsible for
managing and monitoring student learning. 4.
Teachers think systematically about their
practice and learn from experience. 5. Teachers
are members of learning communities.
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• STATE LICENSING
• Mandatory
• Entry-level
• Standards vary by state
• Focus on content knowledge
• Standards created with some teacher involvement

• NATIONAL BOARD CERT.
• Voluntary
• Advanced
• Standards are uniform across the country
• Focus on content knowledge, performance, and
  professional judgment
• Standards created by committees with teacher
  majorities

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Why is the NBC process important?

• Education Weekly, 1997
• a good teacher in every classroom is the most
  effective way to improve student performance.
• National Board Certification provides the
  single best indicator that a veteran teacher has
  met rigorous standards of quality.

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Supported by Research

• An independent study of 600,000 North Carolina
  students found
• Children learn more from NBCTs
• NBCTs do a measurably better job in the
  classroom
• Students of NBCTs improved an average of 7 more
  on year-end math and reading tests
• Performance differential most pronounced for
  younger and lower-income students (gains as high
  as 15)

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Supported by Research

• Miami-Dade Co. Florida
• NBCT 9th 10th grade math students outperform
  non-NBCT on state math test
• Gains strongest among students with special
  needs, African-Americans, and Hispanics
• Arizona State University
• Study finds that having a NBCT is the equivalent
  of students spending 25 extra days in the
  classroom

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How Rigorous is the National Board Certification
Process?

• Performance Based Assessment
• 1. Portfolio Development
• 2. Assessment Center Exercises

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Portfolio Entries

• 3 Classroom Based Entries
• Focus on Teaching Practices
• 1 Documented Accomplishment Entry
• Focus on Learning Community

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Assessment Center

• Six 30-minute writing prompts
• Focus on Content Knowledge

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All Four Entries Require

• Intense self-analysis of teaching practices
• Demonstration of content expertise
• Lots of time
• Lots of writing

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Typical Classroom Entry 1
Analysis of Student Work Designing Instruction
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Typical Classroom Entry 2
Instructional Analysis Whole Group Instruction -
Video Tape
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Typical Classroom Entry 3
Instructional Analysis Small Group Video
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Entry 4
Documented Accomplishments

• Collaboration in
• Professional Community
• Outreach to Families
• and Community
• Teacher as Learner
• Same for All Certificate Areas

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Assessment Center

• Six 30-minute written exercises
• 12 month window
• Scheduled at secure site
• Focus on content, designing
• classroom instruction,
• assessing
• student work

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2008 2009 Available Certificates

• Art
• Career and Technical Education
• English as a New Language
• English Language Arts
• Exceptional Needs Specialist
• Generalist- Early or Middle Childhood
• Library Media

• Literacy-Reading/Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Music
• Physical Education
• School Counseling
• Science
• Social Studies- History
• World Languages Other than English

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Timeline
Application and 500 payment received by NBPTS by plus 65 app. fee Full fee payment and all eligibility forms must be received at NBPTS by To be eligible to test in this Assessment Center Testing Window Portfolio due at NBPTS on or before Receive your results no later than
Dec. 31, 2008 Jan. 31, 2009 July 1, 2008 June 15, 2009 March 31, 2009 Dec. 31, 2009
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RESA II National Board Teaching Project

• Stimulate professional growth
• Provide a structure for supporting WV National
  Board candidates
• Create an arena for sharing successful strategies
• Provide opportunities to engage in professional
  dialogue

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What can a Candidate Support program do for you?

• Resources
• Mentoring
• Coaching
• Guidance
• Intellectual, logistical, technical and emotional
  support

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However . . .

• Responsibility of developing and completing
  National Board certification materials always
  rests with the candidate.

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Our Role . . .

• To keep candidates focused and motivated
• To enhance candidates understanding of their
  teaching practices and decisions
• To be nonjudgmental, honest, constructive,
  professional, and knowledgeable

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Whats Happening . . .
on the State Level?

• Fee Reimbursement
• 3500 / year supplement
• Expenses Reimbursement

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Whats Happening . . . on the County Level?

• - Cabell - 3500 2000 Bonus
• -Lincoln- 2,500
• - Logan- 1,500
• -Mason-reimbursement of additional 500.
  Professional leave-2days, av equip. Match
  state 3,500 contingent on excess levy
• - Mingo-1,000 (pending)
• - Wayne one time bonus

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For More Information . . .
http//www.nbpts.org
RESA II-Kelly Watts RESA I-Linda
Ballard-Price RESA 6-Marian Kajfez